Live-Acton MULAN Eyes WHALE RIDER Director

Acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro (‘The Zookeeper’s Wife,’ ‘Whale Rider’) is reportedly in talks to take the director’s chair for Disney’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic ‘Mulan.’

Directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, the 1998 film told how the story of Hua Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen), the legendary warrior from ancient China who disguises herself as a man so she can take her aged father’s place in the army and go to war.